Session: MF-01-02 Application of Fracture Mechanics in Failure Assessment II

Paper Number: 61787

Start Time: Thursday, July 15, 2021, 09:00 AM

61787 - The Creep Crack Growth Behavior of GH3535 Superalloy at 650ºC 

GH3535 alloy is a kind of Ni-Mo-Cr based structural material independently developed by China especially for thorium-based molten salt reactor (TMSR) that is the only fluid-fueled reactor among the six fourth-generation advanced fission reactors. GH3535 alloy has good high temperature mechanical properties and the purpose of this work is to evaluate the creep crack growth (CCG) performance of it. The CCG tests on GH3535 alloy were conducted with the compact tension (CT) specimen under different effective stress intensity factors K_n at 650ºC. Based on this, the relationship between creep crack initiation time t_i, creep crack growth rate da/dt and fracture parameter C^* were obtained and compared with the result predicted by Nikbin-Simth-Webster (NSW) model. In the meanwhile, the relationship between the creep fracture toughness K^c_mat and the creep crack initiation time t_i were obtained as well. The microstructural degradation at creep rupture was characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that in the double logarithmic coordinate system, the fracture parameter C^* has a linear relationship with the crack growth rate da/dt and the crack initiation time t_i which show C^* can correlate well with the crack growth rate. The NSW model under plane stress can better predict creep crack growth behavior. The microstructural study reveal that GH3535 alloy fractures tend to occur along the grain boundary.

Presenting Author: Fan guangcheng Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Authors:

Fan guangcheng Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lu Yanling Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wang Wanxia Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tan Jianping East China University of Science and Technology,School of Mechanical and Power Engineering
Shi Kexian Shanghai Power Equipment Research Institute Co.,LTD
Wang Songlin Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences